Pulp press



Dec. 6, 1927. 1,651,500

A. WURDACK PULP PRES S Y in Illl

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.tailed description taken in connection withV Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

UNlTEDsTA-Tss ARTHUR WURDACK, gor NORMANDY, ivrrssounr.

PULP PRESSK..

Application led October 20, 1924. Serial 110,744,598.

Y Thisinvention relates to improvements in pulp presses of the type particularly adaptv ed for disintegrating fruits and vegetables.

An object of the invention is to provide a press comprising a` container having a retic-V ulated bottom and an oscillating member, whereby a quantity of fruit or vegetables may be disintegrated and the pulp thereof finely divided by pressing the same through the reticulated bottom of the press.

Additional advantages ofthe invention will be apparent from the following dethe accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view. Y

Fig. 2 is an end view.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is an end view. Y

In the embodiment ofthe invention illustrated in the drawing the container or vat is shown as comprising end walls 1 and side walls 2. The end walls are arranged so that they extend both above and below the edges of the walls 2, being formed with an upper rounded extension 3 and a lower rounded extension 4:.

The bottom of the vat or container con sists of a segmental reticulated member 5,v

secured to the respective ends of tie members 6' by bolts 8 provided with winek nuts 9. These supports'provide means whereby the vat or container may be supported above the floor level as best. shown in Fig. 2, so

that there will be a space below the reticu-V lated bottom of the vat for the reception of a pan or other receptacle for receiving the pulp strained through the bottom wall of the container or vat; or, if desired, the legs 7 may be adjusted to a horizontal position running longitudinally with thevcross members 6 by-loosening thewing nuts 9, the said legs being held in the upper adjustment by the clamping action of the wing nuts 9 .on f

the bolts. When in this adjustment the extending ends of the cross members constitute supports that may be placed directly on the upper edge of a receptacle, such as barrel seated.

or large pan, the' lower portion of the Vat or container extending into said receptacle.`

The oscillating member includes levers 10 pivotally supported upon a cylindrical cross piece 11. The cross piece 11 Iextends through openings in the end members 1 and is releasably adjustable inthe openings so that it may be removed and the oscillating mem ber taken out of the container or vat for cleansing purposes.

To hold the member 11 in place cotter pins l2 are inserted in openings therein beyond the outer surface of the walls 1. The levers 10 are positioned at each end of the container or vat and carry between their upper ends a cylindrical member 18 constituting a handle by which to oscillate. The levers are further secured together and reinforced by a slat 1K4 secured to one edge thereof slightly above the pivot point. The lower end of each of the levers 10 is formed with parallel re- Y c-esses 15 in'which the ends of rollers 16 are diameter of the rollers 15, so that thefrollers as the oscillating member is reciprocated are free to revolve causing a rotary pressing motion ,against the reticulated bottom for pressing out andgdisintegratmg the fibres of the pulp put inthe container or vat. j

, In-.the use of the press fruits or vegetables in. relatively'large pieces may be fed into the vat through the open top and by reciprocating or. oscillating them they will be broken up and passed through the reticulated bottom 5, pressing out the juices of the fruits or vegetables and at the same time disintegrating the pulp fibres and pressing them throughv the reticulated bottom.

The apparatus may be made of any suitable material and the mesh of the bottom 5 may be made of any degree of lineness. depending upon the quality of pulp desired.y

I amy aware thatthe invention may be modified in certain particulars without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

I( do not limit myself, therefore, to the exact details shown andA described, but `what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A press comprising a pairof parallel vertical end` walls lhaving upwardly converging side edges. a pairVv of side walls attached to the side edges'zofsaid end walls and extending upwardly in converging planes, a per- The distancerfrom the baseA of theVv forated bottom attached to said end walls said bottonrwall, releasable elements engag and to the lower edges of Suhl Side wells lng said pvot outside Said end Walls and and being arcuate in end elevation, an endpreventing longitudinal movement of said l0 Wise removable pivot having its ends expvot, and un agitator supported by said tending through said end Walls below the pvot.

plane of the upper edges of said side Walls and concentrically with the curvature of ARTHUR VVURDACK. 

